Concrete house and cave building form.



1 F. A. 600K.; CONCRETE HOUSE AND CAVE` BUILDING FORM.

A APPLICATION FILE) MAY 5| 1916.

Patented FeI 6, 1.917.

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Be it known that I, F RED A. Cocina citizen of the United States, residing at Longview, in the county of Champaign and State of Illinois, have 'invented' certain new and useful Improvements in Concrete House and Cave Building Forms, of which the follow ing is a specification.

My invention relates to building forms for the erection of concrete houses such as garages, poultry, dairy and hog house and caves and other small buildings. The object of my invention is to provide a cheap' and simple'yet rigid construction which can be easily assembled and removed at a minimum cost. The all steel forms on the market are beyond the means of the small contractor in the small towns where mostof his work is on the farm and would not justify him in a more expensive equipment. A

I attain these objectsfby the forms illustrated .in the accompanying drawings in which- A Figure l is a perspective View looking down on and into said forms with concrete partly filled up on one side, Fig. 2 is a broken section of a retaining wall form used in the cave form which eXtra wall may be set at any distance from the main Wall in order to retain enough dirt to keep the interior of thecave at an even temperature; Fig. 3 is a wall form similar to Fig. 2 and used as the main wall for buildings hereto described; Fig. 4 is a detailed view of arch rafter support for the roof so constructed as to make the same collapsible and easily removed after the concrete vroof has set, Fig. 5 shows the method of construction of the inner and outer walls and taking out bolts of the inner wall forms and removing the channel iron studding which helps to form a tie from the studding to the inner wall making the wall forms collapsible so that they may be used repeatedly. Fig. 6 is a cornice form or mold which can be used when a cornice is desired or omitted in the cave form or concrete building. Fig. 'i' an enlarged drawing showing the bracket Jfor thecornice form Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a detailed View of the wall tie. To make this wall tie self-adjustable an angle or channel iron studding should be used. l

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The inner plank 7, is held in position by the cross ties 5 and the supporting rafters 2 un,... Speeieation of Letters Patent. y

Application med may 5, 191e. l. serial No. 95,677.

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which are embedded the angle irons 3 which which in turn. support 'the rafter arch 25 in'.

support a sheeting on which is placed a stili' metal covering 8. .The outer plank wall ltis held 1n place by the Wall ties 22 and the cornice brackets 12. The cornice forms 8 and 9 and the exterior wall forms 15 are held in place by wall ties 22 and the wall spacers 19 vconstitute the frame work of the forms on which I base my invention.

The outer plank Wall 14 is held in posi--I tion by being attached to the uprights 17 which are angle iron Vstuddings and .at the inner corner of the inner .form uprights l, which areehannel iron studdings are attached bythe device shown in 16, Fig. 5 being a thin strap of'iron attached permanently tothe plank form \with a threaded hole in the .center of said strap penetrating a raised collar` attached thereto, said metal strap belng sunk into the plank in order to 4leave a smooth surface thereon and attached lto the plank form then held to the lcorner studding support whichis shaped as aA channel iron 1 by a screw headed bolt 24.- penetrating the raised collar 16, Fig. 5 which bolt can be easily removed from the inside thereby releasing the inner Wall form. The outer and inner wall forms are held together by an iron tapering circular wall tie 22 one end being threaded and the dity ameterincreasing toward the head vor' the bolt so that 'it-can be easier removed than the ordinary tie bolt.y The wallv tie is ad` justed to place by crank nut 11 and held in position by the channel or angle ironstudding 17 and 1. These iron studdings are so punched that the square head of the wall tie 28 is held firmly'by the'outwardly projeeting flange of the angle or channel iron and the tapered bolt being the desired length for the desired Width of the concrete wall and on the screw end the. shoulder of the crank nut is of suchlength that the arm interferes with the outwardly projecting flange of the channel or angle iron studding whenever' the supporting wall form 29 and 14 has reached its exact position on the wall tie. In event the wall form 29 or 14 bulges in,- theconcretewill force 1t back up against the crank nu't in position, .the inner wall rst being braced and set firmly in line by cross ties 5, thus making the Wall'tie selfspacing. y

I The supporting rafters 2 are composed of channel irons' with flanges upwardly in e feesie which "271e ii-cli iin/doers timbers embedded elle en which fom e snppe'; :for covering el. iliese eich supports heid in piece by cnb headed pins E23 placed in lippeend on l 4i which may loe easily iemoved when 'elle conci'ee fooii lies seis. The infiel' supports iney be bieced by 'iL-lie supports (i end 8 else e base for cor nice forms oi. sheet iron and beni; upwardly which is shown by 9 to form fascie, end en. angle iron 30 iiveed to elle upper edge when-e running' level. TWhere etched tiieieo L cuived circule-i Tod 8i is used ie eid slsilness ai; die appear circuler edge of 9, seid sliee; iron 8 beine; nent mound seid rod. The cornice forms eine held in place by bieclies l2 M15/ached to *che Well forms by devices 1G hei'eoi'oie described making the well lbrecl e possible to be de'mclied from the innin well foi-in after concrete is set. The exim oi' i'eibeining Well oiins and 29 are siinilni in construction io the main Wells end are l'ield in position by Wall 'ties 22 and aiaclied Lo 'the mein Wells by the Well spacer 19 which is a Simp of iron of my "esigned length 'with a heck et one end et ieclied to the enter Well forni by 'e collar rivet boli; 2O sind the inner Well form by e collar rivet bolt.

ein eweie the?, piioi' ne my invention forms foi: making; concrete buildings have' been in use and l' de not claim such s, coniloineion lnosdly: but l claime ii The come iony in concrete house end cave form consucion having angle end channel iion studding to hold lie foim Welle in uni-ight position, channel iron izzfei's7 eiicli--slrpe inibers held thcieby, :ingle iions eXbei. irensveisely of and embedded in seid timbersi n, sheet ii'on.

cover tliiei-eovei' "eo oi'in sv i'ooil angle pins elle infiel: ends to seid sanddingg5 :ingle iron ties Connected opposed refiere intermediate ci their lle/negen end angle pins connecting seid two lest neined elements.

' iie combination in concie'e house end self-spicing Weli tie connecting Seid Welle,

seid sie rconskeling of e tapering square-- heeded cols tlnrecded et one end end e crank nnt, 'the shoulder end erm of such crank nut being of such length es to pei-init the Well foi-m to be spaced and adjusted to the exact ieqnii'ed position for the Width of the concrete well, all in .combination with e structurel iron extending along seid outer Wall and having a, flange which forms an abutineniJ :lier said crank nut7 substantially es specified. ln e coneete forni, channel iron nprights, forms, and ineens 'for connecting seid forms to seid upriglits, consisting of aneriow strep of metal with holes at each end hereoi a raised tapefing boss in the center thereof., and e threaded hole in such boss, seid strep beingeinbedded in the fonnflush 'with ille inner side thereof and e scicW- heeded bolt passing. through the channel iron end engaging seid tapered boss to tie seid 'foi-ins eo seid channel iron, substantially es specied.

ln concrete house and' cave form? e cornice form compiising e stiiii' silee', iron extending outwardly and upwardly from the outer Well of the mein form, en angle iron fastened te the upper edge of the cornice cim Where it inns horizontal, e round rod fastened to 'the upper edge Where it is exch shaped, brackets supporting the seme, headed bolts passing luough the brackets and boliy enchere, eacli'consisting of a. neri'ow s'iep 03E Encini- Wilnii ei'eised tapering* threaded boss, seid anchors being embedded. in and fastened so the Well form, substantially es speciied.` A

in sestimony whereof il hereuno e'iix my signetm'ein the presence of twowitnesses.

FRED IICOOK. ill-Tilinesses z Coon,

Jermaine Hennen. 

